Social media posts from from former TV reporter Bryce Williams. Williams is suspected of shooting and killing two WPLG-TV journalists on Aug. 26, 2015.

Social media posts from from former TV reporter Bryce Williams. Williams is suspected of shooting and killing two WPLG-TV journalists on Aug. 26, 2015.

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Local anchor says ex-reporter shooter seemed "troubled"

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KPRC Local 2 anchor Owen Conflenti took to his Facebook page on Wednesday to express sympathy for the victims after learning former reporter Vester Lee Flanagan II gunned down a TV reporter and cameraman during a live broadcast at WDBJ in Virgina.

Conflenti worked with Flanagan at WNCT in Greenville, N.C., and Flanagan occasionally filled in for Conflenti on air. Flanagan also used the name "Bryce Williams" on air.

"He always seemed troubled and uncomfortable in his own skin to me. I knew him to be confrontational, paranoid, nervous, and anxious," Conflenti said.

"If you asked Vester, someone always had it out for him, wanted him to fail, or was talking about him behind his back. Vester never seemed comfortable in his own skin. ... I feel so sad for those two people who were murdered this morning... their loved ones will miss them so much."